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Articles on Christianity: its origins, councils, scriptures and its relations with Judaism and Islam. Browse the articles.
35 articles carry this tag.
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Christian pilgrimage: Santiago, Lourdes and Fátima
Christian pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Lourdes and Fátima: the apostle James, the Marian shrines, and Mary’s rank in the Qur’an.
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Patmos and Mount Athos: the holy places of Orthodoxy
Patmos, the island of the Book of Revelation, and Mount Athos, the monastic republic of Orthodoxy, with the Qur’an’s praise of night…
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Galilee: Capernaum, Cana, Tabgha and Mount Tabor
Galilee in the Gospels and the Qur’an: Capernaum, the wedding at Cana, the feeding at Tabgha and the table from heaven, and…
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What does ‘begotten’ mean? John 3:16 and the Qur’an
What does ‘only begotten Son’ mean in John 3:16? The Greek word, the creed of Nicaea, and the Qur’an’s answer that God…
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Can a Muslim marry a Christian? Interfaith marriage
Can a Muslim marry a Christian or a Jew? The Qur’an’s rule, the rights Islamic law gave the wife, and how Jewish…
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Is Allah the God of the Bible?
Is Allah the same God as the God of the Bible? The Arabic word, the Arabic Bible, and the Qur’an’s declaration that…
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The Gospel of Barnabas: what Muslims should know
The Gospel of Barnabas echoes the Islamic account of Jesus, but its manuscripts and text are late medieval. Why the Qur’an’s account…
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The Messiah in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
What does Messiah mean? Mashiach, Christos and al-Masīḥ: the anointed one in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and the Qur’an’s account of Jesus…
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Religious law in the Abrahamic traditions: halakhah, canon law and the sharīʿah
Jewish halakhah, Christian canon law, the Islamic sharīʿah and the Mandaean rules of purity: what each is, where it comes from, and…
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Food and faith: kosher, halal and the Christian table
Why Jews and Muslims do not eat pork, why most Christians do, and what Mandaeans may not eat: the food laws of…
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Are the Abrahamic religions violent? War and peace in scripture and history
Has religion caused most wars? What the historical record shows, what the scriptures of each tradition command about war and peace, and…
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The Islamic Dilemma: the argument and the answer
If the Gospel is the word of God, Islam is false; if it is not, Islam is still false. The Islamic Dilemma…